Cytogenetic studies in relation to taxonomy within the family Gryllidae (Orthoptera). I. Subfamily Gryllinae

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Twelve species of Gryllinae were studied to determine the number, morphology and behavior of their chromosomes. The male diploid numbers ranged from 19 to 31. Gryllus campestris and a population of "G. bimaculatus" from Singapore showed anomalies in chromosome behavior and structure, including breaks, stickiness, C-mitosis, polyploidy, lagging, unequal segregation and non-disjunction in the former and many aberrations and loss of fertility in the latter. One or two B-chromosomes occurred in some individuals of G. veletis, the chromosome number of this species thus varying from 2n ♀ = 29 to 31. In the Gryllinae, karyotypic differences are shown to be more useful than chromosome number at the species level; differences in chromosome number are useful taxonomically at the generic level, when combined with differences in karyotypes.

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